As Members of Congress weigh in on the Senate’s Gang of Eight immigration bill, Peter Cook talks with a critical player in the debate. Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, could help determine whether …
Read More »FAA Has Room for Furloughs Without Flight Delays: BGOV Insight
By Matthew Hummer | April 24, 2013 04:17PM ET The Federal Aviation Administration has more than enough air traffic controllers to manage furloughs without flight delays, according to a Bloomberg Government analysis of the agency’s staffing data. The FAA, with …
Read More »On Sunday’s Capitol Gains: Rep. Peter King on the Boston Marathon Bombing
On Bloomberg Government’s “Capitol Gains,” Peter Cook talks with Rep. Peter King (R-NY) who serves on both the Homeland Security and Intelligence Committees. King says “we have let our guard down” since 9/11 and hopes that this week’s events will …
Read More »Will Immigration Overhaul Jump Start Entrepreneurship?
By Robert Litan Buried in the 800-plus pages of the Gang of Eight’s Senate immigration overhaul are provisions that may help spark a resurgence of entrepreneurial activity that this country sorely needs. Until the Great Recession of 2008-09, 500,000 to …
Read More »On Sunday’s Capitol Gains: Fannie Mae CEO Timothy Mayopoulos
After a $116-billion dollar bailout, is Fannie Mae poised to pay taxpayers back? In an exclusive interview on Bloomberg Government’s “Capitol Gains,” Peter Cook talks with Fannie Mae President and CEO Tim Mayopoulos about the company’s return to record profits …
Read More »BGOV Insight: Supreme Court to Decide on Individual Gene Patents
By Brian Rye The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments April 15 in a case that has significant repercussions for the biotechnology industry and society’s push toward personalized medicine. At issue is a straightforward question with broad implications: Are …
Read More »The President’s Budget: Not as DOA As Many Might Think
By Bob Litan and Loren Duggan DOA, the dreaded acronym for “dead on arrival,” has greeted most White House budgets in recent decades of growing partisanship. There is certainly reason for believing that designation is appropriate for President Barack Obama’s …
Read More »March Madness, Your Tax Dollars and the Future of Higher Education
By Robert Litan (@BobLitan) Hoops fan will be glued to the TV this weekend and early next week to watch the Final Four, college basketball’s annual culmination of March Madness. A new Bloomberg Government Insight by senior analyst Patrick Driessen …
Read More »On Sunday’s Capitol Gains: CEO Clay Jones on Shrinking Defense Budgets
With shrinking defense budgets, contractors are feeling the pinch. Hans Nichols talks with the CEO of Rockwell Collins, a maker of aircraft communications and electronic equipment. Clay Jones says shifting business to the commercial sector and looking to markets overseas …
Read More »Nela Richardson Discusses The Week’s Top Economic News on American Public Media’s Marketplace
Nela Richardson (@NelaRichardson), senior finance analyst with Bloomberg Government, is a regular guest on Marketplace by American Public Media. On the Friday “Weekly Wrap” segment Nela joined other financial reporters and analysts to discuss the week’s top economic and business …
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